SWLing Post reader, Muthu Kumar recently asked if I knew of a good source of shortwave radios–specifically, the Tecsun brand–in India.
I’m asked this very question at least a few times each year and have always replied that eBay may be the best option.
I’m curious if any of our readers living in India have good suggestions of shortwave retailers either within the country or who ship to India without many hassles. Please comment.
Try aliexpress.com ! They got great amount of deals on Tecsun Radios. Just be aware of seller ratings and feedbacks before making your purchase. It should be above 96% and ratings should be high above 4 out of 5.
just received my PL-880 from anon-co.com for Rs9800. no duty. delivered to my home by the postman.
awesome receiver.
Avion DRM from Amazon.in Rs.15000 is too much. Searched entire internet for a good DRM Radio, but not found.
I have ordered Tecsun PL-380 from Dhgate.com for $45.
Waiting for the delivery, from Salem
https://www.fabtolab.com/radio/FM-AM-SW
Bangalore based company.
How can I get it?
Try this link,it may help you make opinion, though it’s AM centric
http://radiojayallen.com/am-portables-mega-shootout-2016-update/
You can bought it from https://www.cart2india.com/
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Anon Co. based in Hong Kong will ship to India. But they have had a problem with radios being stolen, so they charge more for shipping. But it still happens.
The best thing for Indian consumers is to buy from Singapore. The one I would suggest is Mustafa Plaza located in Little India. This store is popular with shoppers not just in Singapore, but also with those from let say India as an example who use Singapore as a transit port.
It’s open 24/7. You can go there at 3 in the morning and its packed. If you want you can also buy from their website, but not everything is listed so you have to send them an email to ask if they have something in stock.
http://www.mustafa.com.sg/
Keith
Dear friend, can you pass on the repair technique of 1103 decoder which went kaput and you have successfully repaired with advice from Anon co.
My PL 390 ‘s both decoders need your advice:)
@Vimal Oberai.
My degen 1103 tuning encoder failed within 6 months of buying it. Kept using it with manual frequency entry method. Few months back, I opened it and cleaned the encoder, it started working again , but began to fail in few few weeks of use. I sourced the new tuning encoder from Internet and simply replaced it, and since then it’s working perfectly. If you are sure that the tuning encoder is at fault, try to source the respective part from the net. I guess the encoder of pl-390 is same as some other models like pl-310.
Hope this helps.
@Jawahar, I tried to find tecsun pl-660 on Amazon.in but couldn’t find any. Can you provide the link for it in Amazon.in
Thanks dear I would try my luck the way you have suggested:)
As Mr.Vimal oberoi suggested, Mr. Muthukumar,please wait for sometime when the Avion electronics rolls out their DRM receivers in the market as our All India Radio too expands their transmission hours year after year. The recently held DRM conference praised the performance of Avion 1401 receiver. If you are so hurry anon.com be tried, the price will be huge. I am using Grundig s450dlx and kaito KA1121. I am from Tamilnadu,Pollachi/
I got my Tecsun pl660 from Amazon without any duty and it’s pulling a lot of exotic radio stations from far away countries.Now a days it is easier to buy the branded radio receivers in India from foreign countries,Thanks to Amazon,eBay and flipkart !!
I recently bought one from eBay.com from a hong kong based seller. It reached me in 10-12 days without incurring any custom duities. In the past too, I had bought one degen de1103 from eBay. But it’s a gamble buying this way in India, because if one gets a defective unit, it will be a big hassle to send it back or get it repaired. My degen became faulty (the famous tuning encoder going kaput). Repaired with with help from Anon-co after 10yrs of not using it.
Other ways of buying shortwave radios is local online stores like Flipkart and Amazon.in where some Sony, Panasonic, Philips analog sw radios are available.
Some shops in small towns do keep very cheap kchibo radios for sale in less than 10 dollars, but their quality is limited to major broadcast station listening only.
Amazon.in seems to be one source that we can buy. But they seem not to have the latest featured radio (sync detection,PLL,SSB) that we can buy here in USA(or europe) and its pricey atleast Rs. 1000 to Rs.3000 more($25 USD). I bought the radio for my dad here in US(may be in europe) and sent it along with someone who goes to India for vacation.
At this juncture I feel best option is to invest in DRM Radio from Avion;
The same is listed on Amazon.in and would be available soon at a price of ?15,000/-
This is DRM ready,and tunes conventional AM/FM/SW/Weather band too with a colour display too.
I was hoping that received would be closer to the $100 US price mark. Do you plan to get one, Vimal?
The receiver would be would be available at $240 to $250 equivalent to 15000 Indian Rupees .
Anon Co will ship to India.. it’s a tad expensive but it’ll get there.
Yes, I’ve also suggested Anon-Co in the past. Thanks!